12 Gifts of Marriage: Day 11 {bonus: 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway}

   DAY 11: FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH

Maybe my own vanity has led me to this place (although I’d love to believe there’s not a vain bone in my body…ahem).  But the gift of marriage I’m introducing today happens to be one of my personal favorites.

It’s the one I knew very little about until I spent the better part of last year interviewing happily married couples in 12 countries and 6 continents.

Although this gift has been written on for decades, and studies from well-respected medical organizations like the Mayo Clinic have long proved it, I still didn’t fully grasp it until I traveled around the world and saw it first hand on every continent.

HAPPY MARRIAGE = THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH.

Marriage has been shown to increase general happiness. Overall, 40 per cent of married people, compared with just 25 per cent of single people, say they are happy with their life.

The survey stating those results, led by Professor Andrew Oswald at the University of Warwick, likened the benefits of marriage on our happiness levels to the equivalent of an annual cash injection of $98,000 into our lives.

Happy marriages are a youth elixir.  Every couple I interviewed on my journey around the world (with the exception of a few stricken by illness) looked at least 10 years younger than their actual age. 

In most cases, they looked between 15-20 years younger.  One of the wives I interviewed in Cape Town, South Africa was 67 years old but barely looked 50 and had more energy than me (and I’ve got energy to spare). 

I wish I could tell you I’ve done a scientific study on the effects of marriage on thickness of hair, suppleness of skin, strength of nails and heightened energy but that would be a fib.  I can tell you, however:  I’ve interviewed more happily married couples than I can count and there is one thing I can’t help but notice in all of them.  They seem to not only have the secret to a happy marriage but unlimited access to the fountain of youth.

So while the $230 million global beauty market continues to roar on, you and I don’t have to be a part of it.  All we need to do is invest in our marriages, create happiness in our homes, and viola! we give ourselves access to dip into the fountain of youth daily.

Just one more day remains in this series.  I’d be honored if you’d join me here tomorrow for Day 12 of our 12 Gifts of Marriage series, and if you desire, scroll down to participate in our 12 Days of Christmas spectacular giveaway.

Until tomorrow…make it a great day!

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12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR GIVEAWAY

Every day, for 12 days, I will post an encouragement for your marriage at the top.  And then, a pretty spectacular giveaway at the bottom in honor of the release of my upcoming book, Happy Wives Club. (Still can’t believe we are just a few days away from its release!)

TODAY’S GIFT: His & Her Fitbit Force Wristbands

Jump start your New Year health and fitness goals with this awesome gift.  If you don’t know much about Fitbit bands, check it out here. 

As always, no purchase is necessary, entering to win is simple, and you control your number of entries.  But if you do choose to pre-order the book (Amazon and Barnes & Noble have it 25% off today), make sure to scroll down because we’re giving you tons of FREE STUFF!

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Here are the details for the awesome FREE GIFTS you’ll get for pre-ordering Happy Wives Club today. (**If you’ve already pre-ordered, you get these too!)

If You Pre-Order 1-4 Books:

• Love Notes: a brand new eBook by Fawn Weaver
• An mp3 download of Happy Wives Club audio book read by Fawn Weaver
• 50 photos with inspirational quotes from Happy Wives Club

If You Pre-Order 5+ Books (perfect for starting a book club with friends):

• Get all the great gifts from the list above
• The Official ”Happy Wife” T-shirt
• The Official HWC “Happy” Mug
• Invitation to join Fawn’s private book club Facebook group where she’ll personally guide you through the lessons contained in this book and answer your questions

HOW DOES IT WORK?

All you have to do is email a copy of your receipt (or order confirmation email) to hwcbook@gmail.com.  If you’ve already pre-ordered your book, just email your receipt and you still get these gifts!  For additional details: http://happywivesclubbook.com/blog/preorder.

WANT TO GIVE THIS BOOK AS A GIFT BEFORE ITS RELEASE ON 1/7/14?

Not to worry, we created these beautiful printables you can give to anyone letting them know you’ve pre-ordered the book for them as a Christmas gift, anniversary, wedding or engagement present.

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Fawn Weaver

Founder at Happy Wives Club

Fawn Weaver is the USA Today® and New York Times® bestselling author of Happy Wives Club: One Woman's Worldwide Search for the Secrets of a Great Marriage, adopting the same name as the Club she founded in 2010. The Happy Wives Club community has grown to include more than 900,000 women in over 110 countries around the world. When she’s not blogging or working on her next project, she's happily doting over her husband of nearly eleven years, Keith.

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